Cope Endure

We are to spend more time remembering the eternal blessings God is continually giving us. He gives us forgivenes. He gives us eternal life. My spiritual salvation. Now, that's a great blessing and special gift. I may not be feeling well physically today but I have learned to be thankful anyhow and to rejoice in the promises of God. God's eternal blessings do not depend on how I feel today. If my eternal hope rested on how I felt physically, which is temporal, I might as well forget eternal blessings. The point is this: my feelings (i.e. cope) in no way change my eternal blessings because of great examples in Hebrews 11. I will NOT dare not relate my faith and hope to my emotions of the moment and to how I feel today. My eternal hope depends on God's Word and His decisions because He will make good on His promises at HIS time, not mine. The subject of my human emotions, God does not play on our emotions to bring us to the point of His spiritual decisions. Cope is another word for "persevere". 1 Corinthians 13:7 "It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." Hebrews 10:36 "You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised." James 1:12 "Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him." James 5:11 "As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy." Persevered is to overcome as you said conqueoror. 1 John 5:4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Those who are able to endure with strong FAITH shall overcome. 2 Timothy 2:12 "if we endure, we will also reign with him." Words such as persevere or endure (as well as cope) are VERY important in a Christian's life. In James 1:3 says "because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance." Luke 8:15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop. Job 14:2 He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. John 6:27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval." Psalm 86:12 I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For those who say that we do NOT know how to pray or ask for.... is not understanding how God response to our request because one of the greatest example is from Paul: 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Philippians 4:11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.